Peach upside down cake, pickles and muffin day

WHEW!! what a busy day~
  I am hoping the weathermen are wrong about tomorrow!!  I baked alot for market and really dont want it to get all soggy and me too!!  They were calling for more storms and windy and rain in am but you just never know here in MI!! fingers crossed!! I can handle some rain but it really chases the customers away and can be quite miserable~!  So heres a peek at my pickles I got done yesterday.  I love the way the polish ones look in the jars with all the dill and red peppers!  

I found this great gingham paper at Hobby Lobby (my favo store) I am there quite regularly and dont know if I mentioned or not but have been in their scrappin magazine a couple of times now!!  gee gotta work on a valentines day project for the 2011first quarter  magazine now!  Anyway I was so excited as they were having their paper sale so I stocked up on all the ginghams I could~!~ it came in red, green, yellow, blue, black, and orange!~! my bins are so full of papers but hey a scrappin gal can NEVER NEVER NEVER have enough papers!! HUH!~! LOL

Ok so here is an awesome new favo of mine "peach upside down cake" with  my own personal changes made to a perfect Martha Stewart cake recipe.

flipped over to reveal the beautiful peach slices along the top of cake!~  I will scale this down to make one cake for yall and post that recipe.Lots of muffins today!! These are my crunchy oat topped banana muffins, with or without nuts. Another favo for sure~ pumpkin cranberry muffins!! I was so wanting to add some of my 'farmgirl bling" to them but resisted temptation!!  gotta have some healthy not calorie filled goodies~~ somewhat healthy anyway!  Ok OK OK just as I packaged the muffins up I added just a bit of my "bling" just a dusting of powderd sugar and that made them POP~~ perfect touch~  So I also got the pumpkin spice bread done, some loaded carrot muffins, some gingersnap cookies, lavander shortbread cookies, some banana bread, my cranberry lemon pecan sandwich cookies and some cardamom crumb cakes.

OH and ps!~!!~ SURVIVOR is on it's new night~!~ I am off to watch my recorded desperate housewives show before hubby gets home!~ HEE HEE i know it is crazy but I am so so addicted to that show and am watching all the reruns to get up to date for when the show premiers for the new season!! LOL

LOVE all those women!! but Susan is my favo!!

Have a blessed evening!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

It;s the weekend~~

Buster was disgusted with us the other night, while we were eating he kept throwing and I mean throwing his old bowl around the floor.  He would pick it up and pitch it across the floor!!!  Crazy boy, then he flipped he upside down and couldnt get it over so got mad!  I had to take pics of him laying with it.  Guess he was tellin us he wanted his supper too!! LOL

A lump of sticky dough and some great grains, rice, oats, seeds, polenta and what do u get??

Some awesome multi grain bread I made at the kitchen the other day.

This is my friends recipe that she makes to keep in freezer for their own use, she gave me some last year and oh my goodness IT IS THE BEST!! we love it and were almost out of it so it was time to replenish the stock!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

So I did get at least one page made up of my niece Carissa.  I usually dont use patterned paper for the backround but thought this looked great!!  OF cource love flower anything!!  I added a big safety pin with the little letter bead from hobby lobby, thought they added a nice touch.

and just cant have a lo without flourishes!!  Love my JUST RITE STAMPS which I used for my girl, a bit of ribbon and some teeny tiny rick rack. 

Hope yall enjoy your weekend!! I am gonna play with my pasta maker today!!

Yesterday just went too quick and my mom, brother and I covered alot of territory, we checkout out a few local thrift stores, got some groceries, went to Hobby Lobby and Michaels and also out for breakfast, yepper we started our day at 8am and didnt get home til 5pm last nght.  LOL but it sure was fun!! Thanks guys for a wonderful friday!!  LOVE YA LOTS!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

Scrappy Monday

Here's a couple of new layouts I did yesterday while just playin in my studio!!   The baby who I think is absolutely one of  cutest ever is my hubbys cousins baby Jax.  Look at that pic with his bear Vincent!! That pic was just screaming at me to make a page!!  I used some great My Minds Eye baby papers and cut a few coordinating hearts out and added a couple of bears cut from a sheet of pp.

Here's another one of Jax.   I love the x and os in the background of this valentines pic.  I did 2 versions of this and it is on a 8x8 in page not the tradtional 12x12.  A dollar store flower taken apart and put back together and a few black hearts made this oen quick and easy page to create.

In this one you can see I added some ticketsalong the bottom a red bracket off to the side and then some asst heart cutouts.

So all in all it was a productive scrappy day for me.  I also did a few new cards up for a set to offer on etsy.

Just simple cards one I used a stamp on that says follow your dreams, another is a  thank you card and lastly one that says cheers.  All are blank inside to write your message on.  I am headed off  to the kitchen this am to start on a batch of mulit grain bread and make some cookie dough up for next week.  Have a blessed tuesday!!

HUGS!~~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Cakes and Breds

Streusel topped apple cake

YUMMY!! and boy did the kitchen smell homey and sweet while these were baking!!

I will post the recipe for this tonight when I get back home for yall.   It is sure worth making!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Lemon poppyseed muffins with some of my "farmgirl bling".  A lemon flavored glaze get drizzeled ontop of these yummy muffins.  Gosh I think we are gonna have one with dinner tonight they look so good!  Made some banana nut bread, with and without nuts so I added some "bling" to the no nut loaves to tell the difference.     I did get some mixes made up for todays baking and also did up more scones and a batch of cookies that are in fridge waiting for me to roll them out.  That was about it yesterday so today is the main baking day to get everything done!!

Enjoy your wed yall!!

Tomorrow Dave (young earth farm)  and I will be bringing lots of goodies to Allegan for our csa drop!!! Stop on by the farm maket parking lot between 11am and 2 pm.  FRIDAY IS KALAMAZOO WINTER MARKET DAY AT BRONSON so hope to see yall there!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

Thunderin Tues

HEY YALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

Wow we are gettin a storm right now, nice and heavy rain and some thunderin comin across the lake now, it is just crazy here one min it is super windy then calm as can be!! THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM I GUESS!~! We need the rain better yet the gardens and farms need the rain. SO YEAH!!!!!! Ok so went and baked today, here is the line up thus far for markets, chunky strawberry jelly, my glazed pistachio bread, banana nut muffins, a couple of each cherry, apple walnut, and peach pies, lemon tea cake cookies, chunky peanut peanut butter cookies, strawberry banana bread, chunky and fruity granola cereal, fresh strawberry pies and some double chocolate cream cheese brownies!! WHICH by the way make the kitchen smell just devine when baking!! and they are truly yummy!!

Tomorrow a dear friend is comin over to help me bake for market and an order I got so we will sure have fun!! I have to run and go out and chick on everyone in the barnyard so hope yall have a blessed evening!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

DONT FORGET IF YALL ARE NEAR SAUGATUCK!! stop on in the Summertime Market off Blue Star Highway!! they have somethin for everyone!!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Soup and bread Saturday

Ok it is just downright cold here so last night we had some homemade soup that was soooooooooo yummy!! My mom and I used to make a big ol pot of this and have it for a couple of days.
HOMEMADE CHUNKY TOMATO SOUP
I start out with 2 quarts of my own stewed tomatos, can used canned if you dont have any. I like to add 1 tablespoon of dried parsley, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tablespoon sea salt, 1 tsp dried basil leaves. Now take 2 cans of campbells tom soup empty in lg stock pot, add 3 cans of milk, (use your soup cans to measure) 1 large onion chopped, 1 cup chopped parsley, and a pinch of pepper. Now add in 1 bag of your favorite wide noodles and i like to add a couple of tablespoons butter, now just simmer til noodles are ready and soup has thickened. I forgot to take a pic but i am sure will make this again for my lunches at work this winter.
**ENJOY***

Here is another recipe for yall!! I made this a few times this fall for market and it went over really well.
APPLE CHEESE BREAD
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs (beaten)
1 1/2cups grated cooking apples with juice
1/2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
*optional add 1/3 cup chopped walnuts*
Heat ove nto 350 cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Add apples, cheese, and walnuts. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix lightly. Bake in greased loaf pans (this will make 3 mini loaves or 1 9 in loaf) bake for 30-35 min til golden brown. Serve warm with butter!! or with your tom soup!! YUMMY COMFORT FOOD HERE!!

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!
HUGS
Darlene


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